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Two teachers removed in cheating probe
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two teachers have been removed from their schools while the Kansas City School District investigates allegations of cheating on the Missouri Assessment Program tests, school officials said Monday. The investigation at Van Horn High School involves possible inappropriate access and/or copying of test material by a teacher, district spokesman Edwin Birch said. ...
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Senate probe says some oil companies forcing up price of gas
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- The concentration of oil companies and refineries among a few owners allows producers to manipulate gasoline supplies and force up prices to increase profits, a congressional report concluded Monday. The investigation by a Senate subcommittee found that intentional reductions in gasoline supplies tightened fuel markets and helped produce some of the sharp price spikes over the past three years, especially in the Midwest...
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Powerful winds of a tornado can cause sudden devastation
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Tornadoes concentrate vicious winds, up to 300 mph, focusing their twisting forces on small areas where they can destroy everything in their path. That power was evident Sunday when a series of storms struck from Missouri to Maryland, claiming a half-dozen lives and ruining homes and businesses...
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Patients often get drugs they ask for after seeing TV ads
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Ask a doctor for a prescription drug you saw advertised on TV, and 69 percent of the time you'll go home with it. That's what the Food and Drug Administration just discovered in a survey that illustrates how big a role advertising plays in the doctor's office...
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Cape police report 4/30
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 30 Arrests Richard DeWayne Holden, 32, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was arrested Sunday on a Shannon County warrant for failure to appear in court and Poplar Bluff warrants for property damage and possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Nation digest 04/30/02
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
Four flights detained; FBI releases passengers PHILADELPHIA -- A jet that took off for Florida was forced to return to the airport because several passengers of Middle Eastern appearance had purchased one-way tickets for cash, passengers said Monday...
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Cape fire report 4/30
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 30 Firefighters responded to these calls Sunday: At 4:15 p.m., a medical assist at 1 South County Park. At 4:38 p.m., a medical assist at 547 S. Frederick. At 10:19 p.m., a medical assist at 1822 Stoddard St. At 10:38 p.m., a medical assist at Good Hope and Ellis...
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Jackson fire report 4/30
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 30 Firefighters responded to these calls Sunday:At 4:15 p.m., a medical assist at 1 South County Park. At 4:38 p.m., a medical assist at 547 S. Frederick. At 10:19 p.m., a medical assist at 1822 Stoddard St. At 10:38 p.m., a medical assist at Good Hope and Ellis....
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Jackson police report 4/30
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/02)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, April 30 ArrestsRichard DeWayne Holden, 32, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was arrested Sunday on a Shannon County warrant for failure to appear in court and Poplar Bluff warrants for property damage and possession of drug paraphernalia...
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High court says ADA doesn't trump firm's seniority policies
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Companies' seniority policies almost always trump the demands of disabled employees, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision that continued the justices' trend of limiting the reach of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act...
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China's president-in-waiting takes first trip to Washington
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- During periods of high tension between the United States and China in recent years, one Chinese official who always seemed to be at the center of things was Hu Jintao. But Hu, widely expected to be China's next president, nonetheless projects an unclear image in the United States as he arrives for talks with President Bush and other top administration officials...
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Consumers kept spending in March as incomes rose
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Consumers didn't shop until they dropped, but they did spend modestly in March, helping to bolster the economic recovery. The Commerce Department reported Monday that consumer spending -- which accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States -- rose 0.4 percent in March. That matched the growth in Americans' incomes, which include wages, interest and government benefits...
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Judge - Strawberry will get prison, not more treatment
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
TAMPA, Fla. -- Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for violating probation, a punishment he calmly accepted by insisting, "My life is going in the right direction." Dressed in an orange jail-issued uniform, the former major league star said he would "just like to get this behind me."...
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Three down, 12 to go for defending champs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers seem to always know they'll find a way to win. That confidence has helped them accomplish an unprecedented feat in sports -- 19 wins in 20 playoff games. The Lakers' latest victory was perhaps the most improbable of the run that started with a 116-111 win over Indiana in the clinching Game 6 of the 2000 NBA Finals. It continued with a 15-1 postseason last spring and the 3-0 beginning to these playoffs...
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Drake back on the ice, but his status still uncertain
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
ST. LOUIS -- As the second round of the playoffs approach, St. Louis Blues forward Dallas Drake remains a question mark. For the first time since sustaining a concussion when he knocked himself out on an open-ice check six days earlier, Drake skated before the team practiced on Monday. But he wasn't cleared to work out with the rest of the team pending results of a base-line test...
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Judge faces accusers during skating hearing
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The French judge at the center of the Olympic figure skating scandal faced her accusers Monday at a tension-filled hearing she called unfair and a "massacre." The judge, Marie-Reine Le Gougne, and French federation chief Didier Gailhaguet say the International Skating Union has stacked the case against them to justify awarding duplicate gold medals at the Winter Games...
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Despite the criticism, Came Home keeps on winning
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Too small. Won't go the distance. No chance to win the Kentucky Derby. That's the take on Came Home, the hardworking colt who just keeps winning despite such supposed shortcomings. "I can't do anything about what people are saying," Came Home's trainer Paco Gonzalez said, probably for the umpteenth time. "He's been doing great. He's done everything he's been asked to. Everything has been perfect so far."...
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Indianapolis track begins installing padded soft walls
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Workers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were installing soft walls Monday even as IRL officials scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce a decision regarding the new safety device. The walls, developed with researchers at the University of Nebraska, are designed to limit the force of impact when drivers crash...
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Lakers' West plans to join Grizzlies
(Professional Sports ~ 04/30/02)
LOS ANGELES -- Jerry West, architect of the Los Angeles Lakers' team going for its third straight NBA title, has agreed to run the Memphis Grizzlies, a source close to the Lakers said Monday. The Grizzlies announced plans to hold "a special press conference to make a significant announcement" today, but they wouldn't elaborate further...
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Bond asks probe in diluted drug case
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., wants federal regulators to investigate why the government did not catch a Kansas City, Mo., pharmacist who has admitted diluting prescription drugs. Robert R. Courtney pleaded guilty in February to watering down two chemotherapy drugs, but FBI officials said recently they believe he may have diluted various drug mixtures prescribed for 4,200 patients since at least 1992. ...
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Prom prep - Area teens get ready for year's biggest dance
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
The Oscars it isn't, but prom creates as much talk in high school hallways as the fashion from the annual awards ceremony does on the talk-show circuit. Early each spring, teen-age girls around the region choose what style and color of dress to wear to the biggest dance of the school year...
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Cape Girardeau enjoyed eight excellent years
(Editorial ~ 04/30/02)
For the last eight years, the city of Cape Girardeau saw virtually unprecedented improvement, mostly due to Mayor Al Spradling and a can-do council that worked together for the common good. Hats off to them. Certainly, our new mayor and three new council members can take a page from the following list of accomplishments compiled by city manager Michael Miller. The first part features items receiving voter approval:...
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Henry Margraf
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
Henry Arthur Margraf, 91, of Vienna, Va., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, April 25, 2002, in Washington, D.C. He was born Jan. 30, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Mary Rubel Margraf. He and Virginia Lee Albert were married May 3, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...
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Eldon Hahn
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Eldon M. Hahn, 79, of Granite City, Ill., died Sunday, April 28, 2002, in Granite City. He was born Nov. 27, 1922, in Marble Hill, son of Jacob and Laura Eaker Hahn. He and Lovier Loretta Rose were married Sept. 29, 1946, in Marble Hill...
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Billy Hoover
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Funeral for Billy Russell Hoover of Grassy will be held at 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Mo. The Rev. Joe Allen will officiate. Burial will be in Grassy Cemetery. Billy, 12, died Sunday, April 28, 2002, in the tornado that struck Marble Hill...
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Glenn May
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
Funeral for Glenn W. May of Valles Mines, Mo., was held Monday at Mahn Twin City Chapel in Festus, Mo. The Rev. Rick Crump officiated, with burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Garden at Crystal City, Mo. May, 60, died Saturday, April 27, 2002, in Crystal City...
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John Nanney
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John Chester Nanney, 86, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 28, 2002. He was born May 14, 1915, near Scopus, Mo., son of William A. and Alice J. Nations Nanney. He married Geraldine Eastwood, who preceded him in death. He and Irene M. Ede were married Nov. 14, 1989...
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Out of the past 4/30/02
(Out of the Past ~ 04/30/02)
10 years ago: April 30, 1992 Faculty senators at Southeast Missouri State University said they are heartened by recent comments from members of Board of Regents indicating willingness to consider possible athletic budget cuts; Faculty Senate yesterday elected not to circulate petition among faculty members voicing concern about April 15 vote by regents rejecting $250,000 athletic budget cut...
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State briefs 4/30
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
Cape County man sentenced in meth case A Cape Girardeau County man was sentenced to two years in prison on felony drug charges Monday. Patrick W. Scholl, 31, was sentenced in federal court on two counts of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine...
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Seven people arrested, charged in cocaine bust
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
Standard Democrat SIKESTON, Mo. -- Seven people have been arrested on crack cocaine charges in Sikeston. Sikeston police identified those arrested Friday night as Byron Howard, 30, Allen Howard, 42, Joe Lee Hatchet, 42, Roshel Brown, 21, Larry Marshall, 48, Angela Farrow, 25, and Tamra White, 41...
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D.M. Coleman
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
ELCO, Ill. -- D.M. Coleman, 74, of Seattle, Wash., died Sunday, April 21, 2002, in Olympia, Wash. He was born Sept. 4, 1927, in Elco, son of Miles and Roberta Cantrell Coleman. Coleman formerly owned Coleman Buick Agency in Cairo, Ill., worked 25 years at Ford Motor Co., and was currently a consultant with Ford Motor...
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Dale Baggott
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
ANNA, Ill. -- Graveside service for Dale Baggott of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Alto Pass Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455. Friends may call at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill., from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Masonic rites will be conducted at 7 by Cobden Masonic Lodge 466...
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Melvin Kiefer
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Melvin A. "Tige" Kiefer, 90, of Perryville died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1911, in Perry County, son of Andrew and Albertine Annie Feltz Kiefer. Kiefer was a toe laster at International Shoe Co. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 3rd Degree member of Knights of Columbus, and member of American Legion Boosters...
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In tale of 2 streaks, Tigers end 'em both
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/02)
JACKSON, Mo. -- It was the end of a couple of streaks Monday when Central defeated Jackson 7-3 at American Legion Field. Central (5-12) ended its six-game losing streak and stopped Jackson's string of victories at seven. "It was a big win for us for a lot of different reasons," Central coach Steve Williams said. ...
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Notre Dame, Perryville play to scoreless tie
(High School Sports ~ 04/30/02)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Goals were hard to come by -- in fact impossible -- when Notre Dame and Perryville squared off Monday in a matchup between two of the area's premier girls' soccer teams. The squads battled two a scoreless tie. Notre Dame is 9-2-2 and Perryville 13-2-1...
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Non-league foe is key in chase for NCAA berth
(College Sports ~ 04/30/02)
Today's non-conference game at Saint Louis University might not seem that important on Southeast Missouri State University's baseball schedule. But it is. The Indians, after a slow start, have built up enough of an overall record that they could eventually be in the running for an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament if they fail to win the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament...
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Sports digest 4/30/02
(Other Sports ~ 04/30/02)
AREA JENKINS, HEDDELL FINISH STRONG AT DRAKE RELAYS Southeast Missouri State University track & field athletes Heather Jenkins and Jay Heddell posted impressive performances during the Drake Relays held over the weekend...
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Official's statements carry weight
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/30/02)
To the editor: One hopes that newly elected Mayor Knudtson's impetuous commuter tax proposal is not indicative of his leadership style. Although the mayor has been quick to point out in recent interviews that he is not proposing a commuter tax, your newspaper's story of April 20 belies this position. ...
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Speak out 4/30
(Speak Out ~ 04/30/02)
ACTUALLY, I'M appalled at the front-page news daily, daily, daily about the Catholic priests sexually molesting small children. Now I can tell them how to get rid of 99 percent of that without fail. Just encourage the priests to get married and that will take care of practically all of it...
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Ivilla Weiss
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
Ivilla Margaret Weiss, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 12, 1912, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joseph and Eva Faust. She married Arnold E. Weiss June 22, 1931. He died March 28, 1955. Mrs. Weiss graduated from eighth grade in Cape Girardeau, obtained her GED, and was a graduate of the first practical nurse's program at St. Francis Hospital...
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Hester Elledge
(Obituary ~ 04/30/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Hester A. Elledge, 81, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born March 18, 1921, in Marble Hill, the daughter of Burette and Barbara Bollinger Crader. She married Clinton Elledge on March 27, 1944, in Corning, Ark. He survives...
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Southeast plans finals carnival
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
A Spring Finals Carnival will be held Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University as a final Common Hour activity of the spring semester. The theme is "Don't Leave Your Grades in Limbo; Ride the Water to Finals Success." The carnival will be held from noon to 2 outside the University Center, weather permitting. Events will include a performance by the Southeast Jazz Band, a sidewalk sale with items from the Southeast Bookstore and chances to win St. Louis Cardinals baseball tickets...
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Insurer says juvenile center needs changes to lower risks
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
Cape Girardeau County needs to upgrade its 27-year-old juvenile detention center and teach defensive driving to juvenile officers to reduce liability risks, an official with a state insurance pool says. County commissioners said they and chief juvenile officer Randy Rhodes will review the recommendations from MOPERM, the Missouri Public Entity Risk Management Fund, which provides liability insurance for 56 counties and 238 cities...
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Confronting a fear of tornadoes
(Column ~ 04/30/02)
hkronmueller When I was a child I had two recurring nightmares. One went like this: I am sleeping on the couch in my living room when all of a sudden something causes me to wake. I sit up and look toward the front door just in time to see a giant, 10-foot-tall spider walking through it. It would mull around for a minute and look at me. Then the dream was over...
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Court affirms Bootheel man's murder conviction
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A trial court judge properly allowed a Pemiscot County man's confessions to police to be admitted at his murder trial, despite the defendant's claims he was drunk when he made the statements, an appeals court has ruled. In a decision issued Friday, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District affirmed Wendell R. Armstrong's conviction for second-degree murder...
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Southeast to hold graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. May 11
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
Southeast Missouri State University will graduate 957 students at commencement exercises on May 11. Johnny Furr Jr., vice president of sales development and community affairs for Anheuser-Busch Inc., will deliver remarks during the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony at the Show Me Center. Furr has worked for Anheuser-Busch for 25 years...
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State's voters may decide right to hunt
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Though an avid sportsman himself, Danny Foutz acknowledges that not everyone takes a favorable view of those who hunt and fish. That is why Foutz, who owns Foutz's Hunting and Fishing Shop in Cape Girardeau, likes a proposal before the General Assembly that would protect the right of present and future generations of Missourians to harvest game...
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Symphony, Choral Union to go British
(Entertainment ~ 04/30/02)
Music with a British accent will be presented tonight when the Southeast Missouri, Symphony Orchestra, the Choral Union and the University Chorus perform a concert titled "From the British Isles." The program includes symphonic works by English composers Keith Amos and Vaughan Williams and will conclude with London-born John Rutter's choral masterpiece "Requiem."...
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Visit to Vietnam brings home reality of war
(Column ~ 04/30/02)
Editor's note: Ann Ostendorf of Cape Girardeau has been traveling to England, Pakistan and the East on a journey around the world. This is a story about her travels. By Ann Ostendorf The air-conditioned tourist bus honked its way into the flow of traffic from its parking spot outside Saigon Tourism. ...
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'Doc' still as much a local fixture as the game itself
(Sports Column ~ 04/30/02)
For most of the past half century, John "Doc" Yallaly and amateur baseball in Cape Girardeau have been synonymous. Yallaly has played, coached and managed. He served as coach and manager of the Cape Girardeau Senior American Legion team for 40 years, 38 as the head man...
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People talk 4/30/02
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
Johnny Carson plays poker, learns Swahili NEW YORK -- Since his final goodbye on "The Tonight Show," Johnny Carson has kept busy: Playing poker with pals like Chevy Chase and Steve Martin. Learning to speak Swahili. And cruising in his custom-built, triple-decker, 130-foot boat...
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Dongola quiet as residents take break
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Residents of Dongola were surprised Monday to find uniformed police officers blocking the entrance to their town. Just outside the downtown area a command post was established at the fire station where anyone wishing to enter the town had to first stop and get a pass...
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Marble Hill residents go to work
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A day after a tornado ripped through a four-mile stretch of Bollinger County south of Marble Hill, residents and a horde of volunteers spent most of the daylight hours cleaning up rubble that previously had been valuable pieces of their lives...
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Rising river could affect bridge construction
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
If the rising Mississippi River crests at 34.5 feet in Cape Girardeau Friday as forecast, construction on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge could be hampered. The predicted crest is 2 feet above flood stage. "We've got access roads that will become flooded," said Larry Owens, project manager for Traylor Brothers Inc., the construction contractor. "When it goes to 34 feet we will have trouble."...
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Budget woes to remain next year
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Budget troubles this year will carry over into the upcoming fiscal year for Missouri government, meaning lawmakers must find ways to raise new money or cut spending further. Based on revised figures released Monday, state revenue may fall as much as $230 million short of projections for the 2002 fiscal year ending June 30, state budget officials told legislators...
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Three NBA titles put you on the court
(Community ~ 04/30/02)
The Associated Press For NBA fans, this is the time of the year that really matters -- the playoffs. For NBA video game fans, this is also an excellent time. There are a number of good basketball titles on shelves right now, no matter which system you pledge your allegiance to...
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Bargain hunting sparks rally
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street emerged at least temporarily from its slump Tuesday as bargain hunting lifted stocks in spite of another set of lackluster earnings and a dip in consumer confidence. Analysts cautioned against too much enthusiasm about the advance, however, noting that the market's pattern has been to rally and then pull back when investors' expectations fail to mesh with reality. ...
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French skating judge, federation chief suspended three years
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
Associated Press WriterLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The French judge and federation chief at the center of the Olympic figure skating scandal were banned from the sport for three years each for misconduct. The rulings against judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne and French skating head Didier Gailhaguet were announced Tuesday after a two-day hearing of the International Skating Union council...
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Opposition calls for Pakistan leader's resignation
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
Associated Press WriterISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistanis voted Tuesday on whether to give military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf five more years as president, with the main opposition coming from vocal opponents to his crackdown on Islamic militants and backing for the U.S. war on terrorism...
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Islamic charity, director charged with lying about terror links
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) -- An Islamic charity and its executive director were accused in a perjury indictment Tuesday of supporting terrorists, including a man who allegedly tried to acquire nuclear weapons for Osama bin Laden...
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Morehouse woman injured in morning mishap
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/02)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Morehouse, Mo., woman sustained moderate injuries Monday morning in a collision just south of Sikeston. Christina Kindred, 31, was taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after the 6:30 a.m. crash on U.S. 62 at Route BB...
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Cape County man sentenced in meth case
(Local News ~ 04/30/02)
A Cape Girardeau County man was sentenced to two years in prison on felony drug charges Monday. Patrick W. Scholl, 31, was sentenced in federal court on two counts of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine. Last May 6, police witnessed Scholl in the process of manufacturing meth in a wooded area of the county. Although he and a co-defendant, Pat Evans II, initially evaded police, Scholl later was arrested and Evans surrendered...
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Teen couple abducted by armed men; girl killed
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
MIAMI BEACH Fla. -- Five men were arrested Monday in the armed abduction of a teen-age couple celebrating five months together on South Beach that left the girlfriend dead and the boyfriend with stab wounds, authorities said. Miami Beach police said the body was found Monday after the five men -- all from the Orlando area -- were arrested...
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90 years after Titanic, patrol watches for icebergs
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
OFF THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND -- The icebergs may be big, but the ocean is endless. And so the hours pass as Tristan Krein stares out the window of the Hercules C-130, searching for ice. Sometimes, he takes out his binoculars and scans the empty horizon; other times, clouds obscure the waves and he is a man looking at nothing...
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U.S., Russian officials pursue talks on arms reductions, terror
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
MOSCOW -- The American and Russian defense chiefs reported modest progress Monday toward a nuclear arms agreement but gave no indication they had settled the major stumbling blocks. "We're making progress, and the meetings will continue later this week in Washington," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said, referring to meetings scheduled between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov...
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U.S. warships sail into Hong Kong, ending ban on port calls
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
HONG KONG -- An American aircraft carrier and four other ships in its battle group came to Hong Kong on Monday, bringing in about 6,000 sailors for a port call that ended Beijing's latest ban on such visits. The USS Kitty Hawk was set to spend several days here on a routine stop, along with a cruiser, a destroyer, a frigate and an oiler from its battle group, said Barbara Zigli, a spokeswoman for the U.S. ...
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No decision yet on delaying higher education funding
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Contrary to word from a state higher education official, the state has made no decision yet on whether to delay monthly payments to public colleges and universities, officials said Monday. The confusion arose after Gov. Bob Holden said last week that the state was facing an expected shortfall of more than $200 million in the next two months because of lower-than-projected income tax revenues...
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Diocese offers details of sexual misconduct
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Five complaints of sexual misconduct were lodged in the early 1980s against a former monsignor in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the archdiocese announced Monday. The complaints against Monsignor Thomas O'Brien were lodged by five different men, all of whom were 18 or older when they came forward, said the Rev. Patrick Rush, vicar general of the diocese...
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Trial starts in abduction case
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
LEBANON, Mo. -- A white supremacist pastor who abducted and indoctrinated his six grandchildren with his anti-Semitic views also taught them to hate their fathers, an attorney for the fathers said Monday. Gordon Winrod, 74, caused deep psychological damage to his grandchildren as he taught them his message of "hate and terror," attorney David Pointer said during opening statements of a civil trial seeking damages from Winrod, his church and two of his children...
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Historic tax credits capped at $60 million
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's historic preservation tax credit would be capped at $60 million by 2006 under the latest version of legislation pledging money for stadiums in St. Louis and Kansas City. Lawmakers are expected to begin debate this week on the legislation, which also includes funding pledges for an exposition center in Springfield and a convention center and arena in Branson...
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Senate bill would 'fully fund' schools
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill passed by the Senate could allow lawmakers to provide a smaller funding increase for public schools and still claim to have given them the full amount called for under a state formula. The Senate voted 29-2 Monday for the legislation that would reduce next year's increase in the school funding formula to $125 million...
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Teachers remain off job; no new talks scheduled
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Teachers in this Southern Illinois city remained off the job Monday in a strike over salary and benefits, and no new contract talks are scheduled. Three rounds of contentious meetings over the weekend failed to produce an agreement, teachers' union president Ron Newell said Monday. The district's 71 teachers, who walked off the job Thursday, have been working without a contract since August...
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Leader of Amnesty International visits victims
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Responding to criticism that human rights groups ignore Israeli victims, the head of Amnesty International on Monday visited Israelis hurt in Palestinian terror attacks. Throughout 19 months of battles, Israeli officials have complained that international human rights groups have not condemned suicide bombings and shooting attacks, which many Palestinians support as a legitimate means in their struggle for an independent homeland...
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Iraq rejects British claims its smuggling oil to Syria
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.N.-Iraq talks this week should not focus on demands for the return of weapons inspectors but should aim to resolve all issues, including U.S. threats against the country, Iraq's vice president said Monday. Taha Yassin Ramadan also denied reports that Iraq has been illicitly selling oil to Syria through a pipeline in violation of U.N. sanctions...
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Egypt's first lady leads pro-Palestinian march
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
RAFAH, Egypt -- Egypt's first lady led a march of humanitarian volunteers Monday and then watched from a reviewing stand as a line of Egyptian trucks and ambulances headed to the Gaza Strip with aid for the Palestinians. The scene of official compassion and largesse came amid anger among many Arabs at Israel's actions against Palestinians. ...
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New York AG threatens to try stock analysts
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Eliot Spitzer remembers a summer job stacking insulation in Atlanta during his college years, and how he sweated and itched. "It felt like it was 150 degrees at the top of that warehouse," he says. "The feeling of having that fiberglass wear into your skin is something you don't forget too quickly."...
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Meditation town prints own money
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
VEDIC CITY, Iowa -- If Walt Disney World can make Disney Dollars and Club Med can print its own currency, then this Iowa town founded by practitioners of Transcendental Meditation figured it, too, could make its own money. The Raam Mudra, as the colorful notes are called, began circulating last month in this city incorporated last year by 125 followers of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatles' guru and founder of the TM movement...
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United States regains its seat on U.N. Human Rights Commission
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
UNITED NATIONS -- A year after the humiliating loss of a seat it held for over 50 years, the United States won election Monday to the U.N. Human Rights Commission -- but so did Zimbabwe, Ukraine and China, which have poor human rights records. The 54-member U.N. Economic and Social Council approved an uncontested slate of candidates from Western nations that included the United States. As a result, the United States will be back on the commission for three years starting on Jan. 1...
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Priests gather in New York, New Hampshire for summit
(National News ~ 04/30/02)
YONKERS, N.Y. -- In a meeting resembling last week's summit between U.S. cardinals and the pope, New York Cardinal Edward Egan and hundreds of priests gathered Monday to discuss the sex abuse scandal engulfing the U.S. Roman Catholic church. The Rev. Peter Gavigan from Our Lady of Victory in New York said his "faith and trust" in Egan was renewed following the private, four-hour meeting...
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Turkey agrees to take over Afghan peacekeeping mission
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey officially agreed Monday to take over from Britain the command of the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan for six months, the government said. The announcement, which came after a Cabinet meeting, said the date of the handover would be agreed upon after negotiations with the member countries of the mission and the United Nations. British officials said earlier this month that they did not believe it would take place before June...
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European Court rejects assisted suicide appeal
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- In a blow to proponents of assisted suicide, Europe's leading human rights court threw out an appeal Monday by a terminally ill and paralyzed British woman who wants her husband to help end her life. "The law has taken all my rights away," said Diane Pretty, speaking in London with the aid of a keyboard and a computer voice synthesizer...
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Bosnian student shoots teachers, kills himself
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
VLASENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- A 17-year-old shot and killed one teacher and wounded another Monday before taking his own life in front of 30 other students. Bosnia's first school attack came three days after a deadly shooting spree at a German school...
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Arafat no longer confined to compound, Israel says
(International News ~ 04/30/02)
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel said Monday that a breakthrough agreement had set Yasser Arafat free after five months confined to his compound, but the Palestinian leader stayed put for fear Israeli forces would storm the building and seize wanted militants inside...
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Illinois farm groups largely praise farm bill
(State News ~ 04/30/02)
WASHINGTON -- Illinois farm groups praised the outline of a tentative agreement reached by lawmakers that would boost agriculture spending by 70 percent, raise subsidy rates and add new programs. "The good news is we're seeing an agreement from the Senate and House on a farm bill," Chuck Spencer, a spokesman for the Illinois Farm Bureau, said Monday. "That helps farmers plan their economic future."...
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